Anyone else use distortion?

I like to use a bit of distortion when I play, just enough to dirty my tone up a bit. It works great, and alot of times people think it's my natural tone, and are suprised when I tell them I added distortion.

I dig it. At the RI get together I was jammin my arse off on some distorted fretless, and that was fun. I usually don't use it to dirty myself up, because I can't get it to not sound so in-your-face distorted.

Originally posted by Killdar I dig it. At the RI get together I was jammin my arse off on some distorted fretless, and that was fun. I usually don't use it to dirty myself up, because I can't get it to not sound so in-your-face distorted.

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That's the trick. Just enough to dirty it up but not too much that makes it sound all fuzzy and crap.

sometimes its nice, but its al about how it effects your sound. i get very picky with distortion. i like distortion to add more definition to notes, to avoid sounding dull and "__________" you know, blank. i think it has a lot to do with what distortion and how you set it up.

i personally find it fun to sometimes crank the distortion to around 9. go cliff burton. get a more guitar like distortion, especially with a wah, you can pull out metal guitar solos, but with the balls of a bass.